Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...

Wake County EMS's MOUD program successfully integrates buprenorphine treatment for opioid use in prehospital care.

Patrick Kennedy suggests Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be open to use of addiction medications as well as "wellness farms" for ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when fentanyl overdoses surged, doctors were desperate to find ways of helping their patients.

A new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found that a treatment approach designed to help people addicted to fentanyl, using low doses of buprenorphine, is not working as expected. The ...

A new study conducted by University of California San Francisco researchers found buprenorphine works for treating opioid use ...

What Mark Conway says is groundbreaking and lifesaving, the mayor’s office says is irresponsible and simplistic.

Buprenorphine, one of three medications approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to treat opioid use disorder, has been around for decades. But its use expanded recently in response to the ...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced on Jan. 16, 2025, three new rules intended to implement patient protections and permanently ...